We already took a look back at the year’s Top 25 singles, now here’s my list of 2012′s best albums. Full disclosure: As a consumer of music, I have migrated heavily away from albums and toward singles. I believe in albums and support the album format in theory more than I sit down and listen … Continue Reading →
One month and some change after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an all-star lineup of musicians gathered at New York’s Madison Square Garden to raise money for charity and honor those affected by the attacks. Among the superstars on the bill that night: Paul McCartney, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Billy … Continue Reading →
Just call Katniss Everdeen the Queen of All Media. Not only has “The Hunger Games” dominated the book and movie world, but the film’s soundtrack debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 175,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Hmm, how long ’til Julie Taymor goes … Continue Reading →
Boy bands back. Don’t tell *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees, but U.K. pop sensation One Direction arrives at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with its debut album “Up All Night,” which sold 176,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That makes the “X Factor” graduates … Continue Reading →
Bruce Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” didn’t so much smash Adele’s “21″ as it did graze it just enough to knock it off the top of the Billboard 200, scoring 196,000 first-week sales to Adele’s 195,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But it’s a No. 1 nonetheless, and “Wrecking Ball” ends “21′s” 10-week run at the top of … Continue Reading →
We’re less than a month into the new year, and already Metro Detroit has been walloped with a number of major concert announcements. Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction and Nickelback have all lined up big shows in the coming months, and the ticket on-sales are piling up faster than … Continue Reading →